Reviews, new tunes, Top N lists, occasional song and DJ mix downloads, and other musical mash-ups.
(via Boing Boing) A handy flowchart to determine whether/not it’s ethical to rip that tune! Ask yourself time-honored questions like: “Does the artist prefer you not to hear their unreleased material?” and “Does the label which currently owns the song have a history of swindling its artists?” or “Is this an indie label which could […]
It’s strangely refreshing to know that I’m not the only one ‘discovering’ New Wave two decades late. My quest for Depeche Mode LPs seems somehow vindicated.
This morning, Boards of Canada’s “The Color of Fire” get the nomination for Creepiest Track Ever. I … looooooooooooove … youuuuuuuu … !!! Let’s just stop right there.
CONCLUSION: Something about that version. Well, maybe it’s not a conclusion b/c I can’t say that I was 100% thorough or exhaustive in this troubleshooting process. Sometimes you just have to take things on faith, I guess… Based on the fact that KetelOne and BloodyNinja could talk the talk to each other and share music […]
They did it. Apple sold 100 million songs via the iTunes Music store. It’s neat to see all the songs that ppl d/l’d to help them win iPods. I have to say though… It’s nice to see that a song with a little class was the winning track. And does anyone else find it appropriately […]
Neat article on Wired about Gracenote. My favorite part: ‘If every user of an iPod had to take their CD collection and hand-type everything in, how many iPods would really get sold?’ said Gracenote CEO Craig Palmer. ‘If they couldn’t do that, then how big would this market actually be?’ While I must admit that […]
random thought while driving home this p.m. Since 99.9% of our CDs are in a box for the move, I made myself this mix CD-R recently to “get me through” the assorted necessary driving. ANYWAY one of the tracks I burned was BT’s “Fibonacci Sequence” — the full version off of the bonus disc of […]
Seems the only thing that Cory Doctorow got wrong is that it’s “Sister Machine Gun” and not “Sister Machinegun”. Otherwise: B’gock! Timing being what it is, I’d *just*just*just* re-discovered Positron! Records… A & I have caned the Eco-hed album to death for years now (not to mention Micronaut…) and all of the sudden the other […]
RIDDLE! How does one handle the meta-data tagging for songs imported from a DJ mix? About half the time I insert a disk, the CDDB gives me the correct title, artist, and album name info … if by correct, we mean that each “artist” field has the name of the individual artists in them and […]
Funny how the mind back-tracks on itself sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, I remembed I had these two CD-Rs of MP3s that I’d burned down to disc back when A and I were still living in B’more. I remember that I was concerned that I spent anywhere from $5-$15 on any given 12″ single […]